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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many years before the narrative present did the unnamed narrator's nurse die of a heart attack, as revealed in Chapter 2?
2. The unnamed narrator states in Chapter 2 that she believes that she has a group of which family members "living in a village near the source of the far side of the mountains" (8)?
3. The narrator tells R in Chapter 11, "I suspect the only reason I've been able to go on writing is that I've had your" what "by my side all along" (82)?
4. Who originally comes up with the idea for R to hide from the Memory Police in the unnamed narrator's home?
5. How many days does it take for the body of water used for disappearing to return to normal?
Short Essay Questions
1. When an excerpt of the novel about the typist is provided at the start of Chapter 8, what has the protagonist lost?
2. Once R agrees to accept the narrator's offer to hide him, what instructions does she give him?
3. What is named as "the first duty of the Memory Police" (14)?
4. What type of routine do the narrator and R fall into once R gets settled in his room in Chapter 11?
5. For what reason does the narrator visit R's office in Chapter 10?
6. What does the old man do with the page of the old ferry log on which he and the narrator have written their plans for hiding R?
7. For what reason do the Memory Police visit the unnamed narrator in Chapter 2?
8. How is the raid witnessed by the narrator in Chapter 4 different than all previous raids, according to the narrator?
9. What type of artist was the unnamed narrator's mother and why is this detail significant?
10. Discuss an instance when Ogawa uses a metaphor or simile to demonstrate the desolation that begins to characterize the island after many disappearances.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Trace the characterization arc of the unnamed narrator over the course of the novel The Memory Police. Discuss whether the unnamed narrator is a round or flat character and whether she is a static or dynamic character.
Essay Topic 2
What is Ogawa’s message regarding the connection between language and thought and what tools are used within The Memory Police in order to get this message across to the reader?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the significance of the final passages included at the end of The Memory Police.
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